Abstract

Many natural compounds produced within plants like alkaloids, flavonoids, and terpenoids are reported to have possible anti-HIV potential which can target reverse transcriptase or protease and inhibit replication. Many flavonoids like swertifrancheside, glycyrrhizin, and chrysin are known to be effective against HIV infection. Plants like Acer okamotoanum, Aegle marmelos, Argemone mexicana, Andrographis paniculata, Asparagus racemosus, Azadirachta indica, Bulbine alooides, Canna indica, Coleus forskohlii, Garcinia speciosa, Geum japonicum, Humulus lupulus, Magnolia spp., Musa acuminata, Ocimum sanctum, Polyalthia suberosa, Rubia cordifolia, Syzygium cumini, Terminalia chebula, and Tinospora cordifolia revealed promising anti-HIV activities, and their potential against AIDS is being explored. Antiviral activities of different trees are described, which include Artocarpus integrifolia, Aegle marmelos, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Gleditsia triacanthos, Euphorbia royleana, Jatropha curcas, Heterophragma adenophyllum, Mimusops elengi, Platanus orientalis, Syzygium cumini, and Tamarix aphylla.

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